 Members of the Armed Services Blood Bank Center visited Camp Shields to gather donations in support of the exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is a multinational exercise that Marines, Army, Air Force, Navy and several other countries participate in every year in Thailand. Any time we send our service members potentially into any harm's way, even if it's a training exercise, we always pre-stage US FDA-approved blood products for them in the event of injury. The Blood Bank welcomes civilians and service members to come out and help by giving blood to people in need. I'm trying to do my part. If I can't be there to directly support, might as well do whatever I can to give, whether it's time or my own expertise, or in this case, blood, whatever I can give to help that extra insurer, I'm all for it. The Armed Services Blood Bank not only assists in training exercises around the Pacific, they also provide support to anyone in need on Island. Reporting from Okinawa, Japan, I'm Lance Corporal Michael Belouche.